2013 Warranty

stimpy433 said:

No, the factory warranty starts from the day its originally sold to it's first owner..... so if the warranty was 3 yrs/ 36,000 miles and you bought it 2 yrs later used with 24,000 miles on it, your remaining factory warranty would be 1 yr / 12,000 miles.

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Grtrnd1 said:

I bought my first Ram the first week of June. I purchased it from a small car dealer. The truck I bought is a lifted 2013 4x4. I asked about a warranty and he told me it is the remainder of factory warranty. 3 years or 100 thousand miles. I thought that's cool because it only has 49 thousand miles on it and I should have 7 months left before the 5 years is up. Well the service airbag light flickered on and off for a few days then stayed on. Also I was underneath looking and seen the main transmission seal is starting to go and leaking out the bottom of the bell housing. I came in and googled and found that Ram recalled my year for bad air bag sensors so I figured that would be taken care of. I called the local Dodge dealer and he took my VIN number and told me that my warranty ran out 2 weeks ago. He said the warranty isn't till January 2018, it's 5 years from when the original owner purchase date. GRRRR. As far as the airbag recall, he told me that until he hooks it up to his computer to find out if I'm eligible for the recall that I would be responsible for the computer hookup. 150 bucks. I would've never bought this truck if I knew I only had about a 3 week warranty. Not very happy. Am I being lied to or is that the way the warranty works

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Grtrnd1 said:

I bought my first Ram the first week of June. I purchased it from a small car dealer. The truck I bought is a lifted 2013 4x4. I asked about a warranty and he told me it is the remainder of factory warranty. 3 years or 100 thousand miles. I thought that's cool because it only has 49 thousand miles on it and I should have 7 months left before the 5 years is up. Well the service airbag light flickered on and off for a few days then stayed on. Also I was underneath looking and seen the main transmission seal is starting to go and leaking out the bottom of the bell housing. I came in and googled and found that Ram recalled my year for bad air bag sensors so I figured that would be taken care of. I called the local Dodge dealer and he took my VIN number and told me that my warranty ran out 2 weeks ago. He said the warranty isn't till January 2018, it's 5 years from when the original owner purchase date. GRRRR. As far as the airbag recall, he told me that until he hooks it up to his computer to find out if I'm eligible for the recall that I would be responsible for the computer hookup. 150 bucks. I would've never bought this truck if I knew I only had about a 3 week warranty. Not very happy. Am I being lied to or is that the way the warranty works

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Grtrnd1 said:

Thanks everyone. That's what the dealer said too. In service date. I just missed it by 2 weeks. Boy is that a ever loving kick in the backside. As far as the recall. I googled 2013 Dodge ram recalls and it shows that my year is on the recall for the service airbag light. The dealer said they wouldn't be able to tell if my truck is affected by the recall till the hook it up to their computer and check and I would be responsible for that cost. Alot of these smaller shops claim they can't check airbag systems on the Dodge trucks. As far as the leaking main seal, it's not leaking bad but I know it's there and it is going to bother me. I'm sure it won't be something a backyard mechanic can just do in a weekend.

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